Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2013.  By: Thomas K. McInerny, MD, FAAP, president, American Academy of Pediatrics “President Obama unveiled his 2014 budget proposal. Now that the White House, Senate and House of Representatives have all laid out their budget plans, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls on Congress to act[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2013.  The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten released the following statement demanding senators allow a vote on gun safety legislation.  “Senators have a choice: They can live up to their obligation to keep our children and families safe from heinous gun violence, or they can[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2013.  A president’s budget is more than just numbers.  It is a profoundly moral document.  We believe cutting Social Security benefits and shifting costs to Medicare beneficiaries – while exempting corporate America from shared sacrifice – is wrong and indefensible. The administration’s budget cuts cost-of-living increases for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2013.  The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans. “President Obama’s budget proposal released today includes upsetting cuts to Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) and to Medicare. “Switching to the chained CPI formula to determine[Read More…]

Nation’s Debt Should Not Be Balanced on Backs of Seniors PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2013.  The following statement was issued today by Jim Centner, Director of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR): President Obama’s budget proposal released today is disappointing. While we acknowledge that it does not change the Medicare eligibility age,[Read More…]

Social Security benefits should not be cut to reduce the deficit; health care cost savings must be sought system-wide. WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2013.  AARP Executive Vice President Nancy A. LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to President Obama’s FY2014 budget proposal: “As the President and Congress work to address the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2013.  In response to the news that President Barack Obama’s budget proposal includes ending special tax breaks for oil and gas companies, Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: By eliminating nearly $40 billion[Read More…]

Nurses Warn: Cuts Would Do Serious Harm in Communities Already Hurting Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013.  The largest U.S. organization of registered nurses, National Nurses United (NNU), issued its strongest warning yesterday: Cuts in Social Security and Medicare would do harm to America’s elderly and disabled, vulnerable populations whose resources[Read More…]

Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013.  On Equal Pay Day, the National Organization for Women has a message for Congress: Do not follow President Obama in cheating the women of this country. After facing years of wage discrimination, women cannot afford to be swindled yet again[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2013.  Environmental organizations yesterday requested for the second time that the State Department extend the 45 day public comment period on the Keystone XL environmental assessment to answer specific questions about tar sands pipeline safety raised by the failure and spill of the Exxon Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower,[Read More…]